Differential Effects of Accumbens Core vs. Shell Lesions in a Rat Concurrent Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm for Cocaine vs. Social Interaction

Michael Fritz; Rana El Rawas; Sabine Klement; Kai Kummer; Michael J. Mayr; Vincent Eggart; Ahmad Salti; Michael T. Bardo; Alois Saria; Gerald Zernig

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026761

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Differential Effects of Accumbens Core vs. Shell Lesions in a Rat Concurrent Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm for Cocaine vs. Social Interaction

Michael Fritz,

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Rana El Rawas,

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Sabine Klement,

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Kai Kummer,

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Michael J. Mayr,

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Vincent Eggart,

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Ahmad Salti,

Affiliation Institute for Neuroscience, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Michael T. Bardo,

Affiliation Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Alois Saria,

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Gerald Zernig

* E-mail: gerald.zernig@i-med.ac.at

Affiliation Experimental Psychiatry Unit, Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry, Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Differential Effects of Accumbens Core vs. Shell Lesions in a Rat Concurrent Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm for Cocaine vs. Social Interaction

Michael Fritz,
Rana El Rawas,
Sabine Klement,
Kai Kummer,
Michael J. Mayr,
Vincent Eggart,
Ahmad Salti,
Michael T. Bardo,
Alois Saria,
Gerald Zernig

Published: October 26, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026761

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